Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2012 249
Barence writes "Microsoft has released Windows Server 2012, letting businesses test it for 90 days on the Azure cloud platform for free. There are two versions of the main edition of Windows Server 2012: one with virtualization support and one without. The former, the Data Center version, costs $4,809, while the Standard edition will cost $882. There's also an Essentials version, which replaces Small Business Server, for $501 per server, and Windows Server 2012 Foundation, which will only be available pre-installed on hardware."
Ars has a detailed look at the new edition.
Re:WHAT!? (Score:5, Funny)
Dammit, VIRTUALIZATION.
When the hell is Mozilla going to put that in the default en_US dictionary already?
To match Windows 8... (Score:5, Funny)
The only reasons to use WS2012 over Linux (Score:3, Funny)
1) You are unable to grow a neckbeard.
2) You've had sex without having to pay for it.
Re:frist (Score:5, Funny)
So bad and yet still miles better than any Linux based operating system or OS X.
That'll be why the world runs on Windows servers and no-one would think of putting any critical service on Linux.
The Mayans were right... (Score:4, Funny)
there will be a disaster in 2012
Now That 2012 is Out... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:WHAT!? (Score:5, Funny)
Seriously... ...says the guy named Forty Two Tenfold, complaining about '2k12'
Re:Wow. (Score:4, Funny)
It's POSIX-complaint? :|
Re:WHAT!? (Score:5, Funny)
Seriously... ...says the guy named Forty Two Tenfold, complaining about '2k12'
Well, he is high.